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India women's squad mislaid a thriller against South Africa successful Visakhapatnam. (Getty Images)
The Indian women's cricket squad faced their archetypal setback successful the 2025 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, losing to South Africa by 3 wickets astatine the Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium successful Visakapatnam connected Thursday.
The decision came aft India's beardown commencement with 2 consecutive victories against Sri Lanka and Pakistan successful the tournament.The nonaccomplishment has placed India successful a challenging presumption arsenic they presently basal 3rd connected the points array with 4 points. South Africa person shown singular betterment successful the tourney aft their archetypal 10-wicket nonaccomplishment to England, securing victories against some New Zealand and India.India's way guardant successful the tourney involves important upcoming matches against formidable opponents.
The squad is scheduled to look defending champions Australia connected Sunday, October 12, successful Visakhapatnam, followed by matches against England and New Zealand.How India tin suffice for Women's World Cup semifinalsThe qualification script for India remains wrong their control, contempt the caller setback. The squad needs to unafraid victories successful astatine slightest 3 of their remaining 4 matches to guarantee their spot successful the semi-finals.
However, different decision could complicate their qualification chances, perchance making them babelike connected different lucifer results.The tournament's past provides discourse to India's existent situation. In the 2022 World Cup, teams with 3 defeats managed to suffice for the adjacent round, portion India, contempt winning 4 matches, failed to advance. This precedent suggests that India inactive person country for error, though securing qualification aboriginal would beryllium much advantageous than relying connected different results.India's remaining matches successful the 2025 Women's World Cup:
- against England connected October 19 successful Indore
- against New Zealand connected October 23 successful Navi Mumbai
- against Bangladesh connected October 26 successful Navi Mumbai.
